This 2-day conference will be a unique and formidable event seeking common ground, between families, community workers, journalists, academics, lawyers and affected communities, to understand and challenge the problem of police corruption, spying and racism.

The allegation of spying on the Stephen Lawrence family and its campaign has been repeated in a number of other high profile Black and Asian family justice campaigns, and in trade union and environmental campaigns. These revelations have spurred the Home Secretary to instigate a judge-led public inquiry into undercover policing and potentially police corruption.

There is also growing public alarm over the number of deaths in custody and the failure of the State to properly investigate and to hold the police to account for any wrongdoings.

For the first time in modern era, we have witnessed the sacking of a Chief Constable for gross misconduct and the investigation of more than ten senior officers for acts of alleged misconduct and corruption.

This conference takes as its starting point that there is a profound crisis in policing across the UK that requires us to share information and experiences, develop ideas and create new partnerships that will spur a momentum for genuine state accountability.

This conference is co-organised by The Monitoring Group, the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, Imran Khan & Partners and Tottenham Rights and is part of series of events titled The State of the Nation – Racism & justice in the UK coordinated by The Monitoring Group, for further information please contact info@tmg-uk.org

To register please go to the Centre for Crime and Justice studies HERE